Joshua 21:7:6Josh.21.7.W6TAB
וּמִמַּטֵּה־גָד֙
umimategad
“and from the tribe of Gad”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-ma-TE-GAD
- Extended
- oo-mih-mah-TEH-GAHD
- IPA
- /u.mimmaˈteː.ɡaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the tribe of Gad
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mi-ma-TE-GAD
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ma-TE re-u-VEN u-mi-ma-TE-GAD
- sentence
li-vne me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM mi-ma-TE re-u-VEN u-mi-ma-TE-GAD u-mi-ma-TE ze-vu-LUN a-RIM shteim es-RE
Exegesis
A series of distributive phrases mimatteh {מִמַּטֵּה | mimaṭṭēh} + proper name enumerates the tribal sources (Reuben, Gad, Zebulun).
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–tet–heh
“stretch out”
In context — Joshua 21:7
To the sons of Merari according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities were given.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:7, so the Hebrew word וּמִמַּטֵּה־גָד֙ (umimategad) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.21.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.7.W6.S1) and character.